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Merge @ SXSW 2010

March 3, 2010 – 1:09 pm

Merge will be well-represented at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin this year with eight bands and two special Our Noise events. Our bands will be playing all over the city during the festival, so if you will be in Austin, keep your eyes peeled for all of the cool daytime parties being announced daily.

Spoon are headlining the NPR show at Stubbs BBQ on Wednesday, March 17 (12:15 am) and She & Him are playing a free, open to the public show at Auditorium Shores on Saturday March 20 (8 pm). Superchunk are playing a free Village Voice day party at La Zona Rosa on March 19 (3 pm).

Merge Showcase @ Cedar Street Courtyard
208 West 4th St b/t Colorado & Lavaca
Thursday, March 18th
7:30 PM
(from first to last)
Special Guest
Let’s Wrestle
Radar Brothers
She & Him
Wye Oak
Lou Barlow + the missingmen
The Love Language

Merge @ Homeslice Pizza’s “Music by the Slice” Party
1415 Congress Ave.
Free & Open to the public

Thursday, March 18:
1:30 pm The Love Language
2:15 pm Radar Brothers

Friday, March 19:
Noon Let’s Wrestle
3:45 Wye Oak
6:45 Lou Barlow

Also, book events!

Our Noise event @ Book People (603 N. Lamar Blvd)
Wednesday, March 17 at 6PM
Free & Open to the Public
Mac & Laura will read selections from their book, Our Noise, and will perform covers of songs from selected bands mentioned in the book. They’ll be available to sign books afterwards, too.

Our Noise panel @ SXSW Convention Center
Thursday, March 18 at 2PM
Open to convention registrants only
Michael Azerrad will moderate a Q&A-style event with Mac & Laura about Our Noise and 20 years of Merge Records.

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Music by the Slice + Merge @ SXSW 2010

March 1, 2010 – 5:54 pm

We have teamed up with our friends at Homeslice Pizza for their super-fun SXSW day parties on March 18th-20th called “Music by the Slice.” Totally free and open to the public! Come by, have some delicious pizza and see some great music!

Merge bands @ Music by the Slice!
Homeslice Pizza – 1415 S. Congress St. Austin, TX
Thursday:
1:30 The Love Language
2:15 Radar Brothers
Friday:
Noon Let’s Wrestle
3:45 Wye Oak
6:45 Lou Barlow

Full party line-up can be found here!

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Radar Brothers: New album and new bros!

January 7, 2010 – 4:41 pm

On March 23, Radar Brothers will release The Illustrated Garden. Jim Putnam has found a new band of brothers in bass player Be Hussey and drummer Stevie Treichel, two partners who are equally passionate about the band.

The original line-up of Radar Brothers died on January 29^th, 2008. The band was on stage at the Echo in Los Angeles playing the record release show for their new album, Auditorium. However, after a brief hiatus, the new configuration of Radar Brothers began with live performances. Jim, Be and Stevie built a tight bond while touring together in the US and Europe. Writing together was the natural next step and March 23^rd, 2010 represents the culmination of the Radar Brothers rebirth.

The Illustrated Garden is the punchiest, most lyrically direct set of songs the band has released to date. The songs are unmistakably Radar Brothers, but the Treichel/Hussey rhythm section often pushes them in unexpected directions.

Radar Brothers will perform at SXSW in March and a US tour is planned for early summer. Brian Cleary (The Movies), keyboard player and guitarist Dan Iead (The Broken West) will join Radar Brothers touring band and on future recordings.

Download a free MP3 of “Horses Warriors” from The Illustrated Garden now!

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2009 Year End List: Stevie from Radar Bros.

December 18, 2009 – 12:44 pm

Movies:
The Hangover
I Love You Man (“I’ll take a coldish”)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Whatever Works
Hurt Locker

Music:
Extra Golden: Thank You Very Quickly
Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
The Movies: Based on a True Story
Trans Am: What Day is it Tonight
Kraftwerk: The Catalogue

Best TV Show:
Soft Focus

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XX Merge: Saturday (OCSC)

July 30, 2009 – 5:53 pm

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photo by Adam R.

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photos by Bradley Searles unless otherwise noted

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Radar Bros. are “twitting”

June 17, 2009 – 10:42 am

photo credit: Piper Ferguson

Radar Bros. are working on a new record! To keep us all posted on their activities, they have a new blog and can now be found on twitter.

The Bros. will perform at XX Merge, and you can visit the Merge store for all of your Radar Bros. shopping needs, including some cute girly t-shirts!

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Covers for blogs & radio shows

March 3, 2009 – 2:01 pm

Radar Bros. and Wye Oak contributed covers of traditional folk songs for Splice Today’s first annual mix of original recordings of traditional folk music, The Old Lonesome Sound. They are joined by Headlights, Deer Tick and many more. Visit Splice Today to listen & download The Old Lonesome Sound

Radar Bros. and The Broken West contributed covers of songs from Paul McCartney’s RAM for Aquarium Drunkard’s RAM on LA: A Los Angeles Music Sampler. Radar Bros. chose “Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey” and The Broken West give their take on “Eat at Home”.

The RAM love continues tonight on WFMU. Portastatic, Ted Leo, Aimee Mann, Death Cab for Cutie and others have covered the songs of RAM as a benefit for The Best Show on WFMU. Portastatic covered “Ram On” as his contribution.

If you visit the WFMU website or call 800-989-9368 tonight between 8 and 11 PM EST during The Best Show and pledge at least $75 you will receive a prize pack that includes both a new Scharpling & Wurster cd of guaranteed hilarity, but also a CD of various artists covering the entirety of Paul and Linda McCartney’s album RAM.

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Radar Bros. live on WERS this afternoon!

December 9, 2008 – 2:03 pm

Jim Putnam & the Bros. will stop by this afternoon at WERS in Boston! Tune in at 5pm EST for a few live songs & interview, and be sure to catch the few remaining Radar Bros. dates on the east coast!

12/9 Cambridge MA The Middle East Upstairs
12/10 Brooklyn NY Union Hall
12/12 Baltimore MD Talking Head

Auditorium is on sale now in the Merge store!

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